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Sustained polymorphous ventricular tachycardia and the atropine test.
V Santinelli1, P Turco, M de Paola
1Department of Cardiology, University of Naples, Italy.
The Canadian Journal of Cardiology
|May 1, 1988
Summary
Atropine administration for diagnostic purposes in a patient with sinus bradycardia led to immediate polymorphous ventricular tachycardia. This arrhythmia was successfully treated with synchronized cardioversion, resulting in an uneventful hospital course.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Emergency Medicine
Background:
- Sinus bradycardia is a common cardiac rhythm disturbance.
- Atropine is an anticholinergic medication often used to treat bradycardia.
- Diagnostic procedures may involve pharmacological interventions.